Merry-Go-Round
6.5
New Yorker Ben Phillips and mysterious Léo Hoffmann are strangers who are summoned to Paris by a mutual acquaintance. Upon arrival, they meet and soon find themselves tangled in a complex mystery.
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Cast
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Joe Dallesandro
Ben
Known for
Flesh for Frankenstein
Blood for Dracula
Maria Schneider
Léo
Known for
Last Tango in Paris
The Passenger
Hermine Karagheuz
The other one
Known for
Duelle (Une Quarantaine)
Out 1
Danièle Gégauff
Elisabeth
Also in
A Piece of Pleasure
Une femme au bout de la nuit
Sylvie Matton
Shirley
Known for
City of Women
Françoise Prévost
Renee Novick
Known for
The Return of the Exorcist
Paris Belongs to Us
Maurice Garrel
Julius Danvers
Known for
A Heart in Winter
Kings & Queen
Michel Berto
Jerome
Known for
The Seventh Company Outdoors
Carne
Dominique Erlanger
The secretary
Also in
Threshold of the Void
The Female Executioner
Frédéric Mitterrand
Le conseil
Also in
Amélie
Bécassine, le trésor viking
Jean-François Stévenin
The decorator
Known for
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Small Change
Pascale Dauman
The nurse
Also in
Stolen Kisses
Paradise Hotel
Jacques Rivette Director · Suzanne Schiffman Writer Eduardo de Gregorio Writer
United States release February 14, 1980 · Produced in France · Languages English, French
Production
Sunchild Productions
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · February 14, 1980
Premiere · Museum of Modern Art
France · April 6, 1983
Theatrical
Germany
October 8, 1981 · Theatrical
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